Phoenix by Hope Zamora (Texas, 21)

Trigger warning: mentions of blood


​Every night I die and I am
Reborn again
I shred pieces of you
The ones you hate about yourself
It’s a painful metamorphosis
Shredding my feathers and fears
Bleeding you out
Droplets of blue
In the morning when
The dawn kisses the sky
And the morning birds hum
Our song
I am reborn again
I am whole again

Hope Zamora is a 21-year-old woman from San Antonio Texas. Hope has Mexican heritage and is a biology major. In her free time, she writes poetry and aspires to someday write a book of her own.